Escambia County elections, 2000
Various county-wide offices, three of five Escambia County Commission seats, two of five ECUA Board seats, various Circuit Court judgeships, and two Escambia County School Board seats were contested in elections held in 2000. Primary elections were held on September 5, and the general election was held on November 7.
Incumbents are marked by (i).
Primary elections
Primary elections were held September 5. All voters were able to participate to some degree, due to the fact that nonpartisan races and referendums were on the ballot in additional the the Democratic and Republican party primaries.
County-wide offices
Escambia County Sheriff
Democratic
| ●DEM | Jim Lowman (i) | 15,860 | 60.73% |
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| ●DEM | James E. Brooks | 10,255 | 50.91% |
Republican
Republican candidate Ron McNesby was unopposed in the Republican primary and as such advanced automatically to the general election.
Escambia County Commission
District 1
Democratic
Democratic candidate Williemae Stanberry was unopposed in the Democratic primary and as such advanced automatically to the general election.
Republican
| ●REP | W. D. Childers | 3,697 | 62.91% |
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| ●REP | Gail Fournier | 2,180 | 37.09% |
District 3
As only Democrats, and no members of any other party, filed for this race, it was a universal primary, meaning the vote was open to voters of any party affiliation, and the race was decided by this primary.
Universal primary
| ●DEM | Willie J. Junior (i) | 5,894 | 68.57% |
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| ●DEM | Rita E. Jones | 2,701 | 31.43% |
District 5
Democratic
| ●DEM | Larry Walker (i) | 3,884 | 63.36% |
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| ●DEM | Eddie Cook | 2,246 | 36.64% |
Republican
| ●REP | Terry Smith | 2,569 | 43.23% |
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| ●REP | Frank A. Montenes | 1,469 | 24.72% |
| ●REP | Jerry L. Webb, Sr. | 692 | 11.65% |
| ●REP | John B. Johnson | 671 | 11.29% |
| ●REP | Mary (Petty) Chirico | 541 | 9.10% |
Emerald Coast Utilities Authority
District 1
Democratic
Incumbent Bobby Tronu (Democrat) was unopposed in the Democratic primary and as such advanced automatically to the general election.
Republican
Republican candidate Logan Fink was unopposed in the Republican primary and as such advanced automatically to the general election.
District 3
Incumbent Elvin McCorvey (Democrat) was unopposed in both the Democratic primary and the general election. As such, he was reelected by default.
District 5
Escambia County School Board
The nonpartisan school board races are contested in primary elections. If any candidate in a race should fail to garner 50%+1 of the vote, the top two vote-getters proceed to a run-off held at the time of the general election.
District 4
| John DeWitt (i) | 7,490 | 62.68% |
| Stephen M. Embry | 4,459 | 37.32% |
District 5
| George E. White, Jr. | 3,571 | 27.81% |
| Linda Finkelstein | 2,808 | 21.87% |
| Vanette Webb (i) | 2,239 | 17.44% |
| Rex E. Blackburn | 1,839 | 14.32 |
| Jim O'Connor | 933 | 7.27% |
| Lynnwood Kent | 905 | 7.05% |
| Stephen C. Lugg | 546 | 4.25 |
General election
The general election was held November 7.
County-wide offices
Escambia County Sheriff
| ●REP | Ron "Ronnie Mc" McNesby | 59,190 | 39.27% |
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| ●DEM | Jim Lowman (i) | 57,073 | 49.09% |
